Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party and Democratic Movement Party lost some representation in congress in Sunday’s election but the latter remained strong in the nation’s states. The parties, which lead president Dilma Rousseff’s governing coalition, lost 23 seats total in the 513 member lower house to hold 136, while the Social Democratic Party representing presidential challenger Aécio Neves gained 10 to hold 55. The Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB, elected five members to the Senate to hold on to 18 seats in the 81-member Senate. The Workers’s Party, or PT, elected 2 senators to maintain 12 seats. The PSDB elected 4 senators to maintain a total of 12. In Brazil’s states, meanwhile, the PMDB was the biggest winner, taking 4 governor seats in the first round election. Ms. Rousseff’s PT elected 3 and the opposition PSDB elected 2. Brazil will hold runoff elections nationwide for president and for governor’s seats in 14 of the country’s 27 states on Oct. 26. Ms. Rousseff came out ahead the first round election Sunday with 42% of the vote, while challenger Aécio Neves, with 34% of the vote, upset Socialist candidate Marina Silva to gain a spot in the runoff.